Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – August 2013

During the month of August 2013, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|----------| | 01/08/13 | 298 CO | HR Grade G – permanent | Recruitment | Approved | | 01/08/13 | 301 RSD | RSD Grade G – team administrator | Recruitment | Approved | | 09/08/13 | 302 RME | Temporary financial analyst for run-in of PR13 | Recruitment | Approved | | 21/08/13 | 306 CO | Director of Communications | Recruitment | Approved |

Requests for consultancy valued at \<£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/recruitment | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|----------| | 19/08/13 | 304 RME | PR13 Financial Model Audit Review, £17,500 | Consultancy | Approved | | 22/08/13 | 305 RME | Extension to consultancy contracts for benchmarking, £20,000 | Consultancy | Approved |